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The controversy surrounding the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Salisbury, England intensified Wednesday after Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office deleted tweet accusing Russia of having produced the nerve agent used in the attack. Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office have made an unusual apparent U-turn on their previously robust rhetoric on the origin of the nerve agent used to poison Sergei and Julia Skripal Wednesday, just hours after chiefs at the Porton Down defence laboratory — home to Britain’s chemical weapons research establishment — denied they had been able to isolate the origin of the chemical.The Foreign Office Tweet, which had come on the 22nd of March as the account live-Tweeted remarks of Britains’ ambassador to Russia and said: “analysis by world-leading experts… made clear that this was a military-grade Novickok nerve agent produced in Russia”. The Foreign Office confirmed they had deleted … [Read more...] about Britain’s Foreign Office Deletes Tweet Accusing Russia of Having Produced Salisbury Attack Nerve Agent

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Determined to pass meaningful legislation in the wake of the Parkland and Great Mills high school shootings, Maryland lawmakers are considering a measure to put an armed school resource officer in every public school. The bill comes as part of a four-bill package being rushed through the General Assembly as session nears end.Advocates label this the “deterrence” stage of the package, which also includes prevention, anticipation and protection stages. Pushed by lead-sponsor Sen. Steve Waugh, R-Calvert and St. Mary’s, proponents see this as the stopgap step while other proposals are considered and potentially implemented.“(This bill is) the one that’s going to have the most immediate effect to reduce risks – today,” Waugh told Capital News Service.There are just over 1,400 public schools in the state. Of those, the Maryland Center for School Safety estimates that between 360 and 400 already have a School Resource Officer, … [Read more...] about Maryland bill would put an armed officer in every public school

Investigators look over the scene where officers shot and killed a man in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in New York, while responding to reports of a man threatening people with a gun. Associated Press/Kevin Hagan New York City police officers fatally shot a man in Brooklyn on Wednesday. The NYPD said the officers had responded to reports of a man threatening people with a gun — and when they arrived they mistook the metal pipe he was carrying for a firearm. Residents of the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn told local media that the man was a well-known figure, both to locals and the police, and was mentally ill. The shooting comes just weeks after police in Sacramento, California, fatally shot 22-year-old Stephon Clark, who was unarmed and carrying only a cellphone. It happened just before 5 p.m. in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn after three 911 callers said a "man was pointing a silver firearm at people on … [Read more...] about NYPD officers fatally shot a Brooklyn man carrying a metal pipe

Several governors and many lawmakers put Wisconsin’s office of state treasurer on a path to extinction.The voters, it turns out, had other ideas.A debate that recently had focused on why the treasurer’s office even exists — it currently has just one official duty — now shifts to whether to expand its responsibilities, and who should hold the office in 2019 and beyond.Voters Tuesday rejected amending the state Constitution to eliminate the office, 61 percent to 39 percent.The current treasurer, Matt Adamczyk, a Republican who ran on a platform of closing the office, said Wednesday that he expects the vote is the final word on that question.“I can’t imagine there’ll be any more effort to eliminate the office,” Adamczyk said. “There’s going to be a state treasurer.”The treasurer position is up for election in November, and Adamczyk says he won’t run again.Sarah Godlewski, a Democratic businesswoman and philanthropist, … [Read more...] about Voters soundly rejected a bid to eliminate the office of state treasurer. What happens next?

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Ashok K.M April 3, 2018 1:24 pm Change Font Size The petitioner would thus be deemed to have compulsorily retired on the date of his demise with all consequential benefits to be given to the legal heirs of the petitioner, the bench said. The Supreme Court recently invoked its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution, to give relief to the family of a district and sessions judge who died while his writ plea challenging compulsory retirement was pending before it. Upon the recommendation by the High Court of Uttarakhand, the state government had ordered compulsory retirement of Vimal Prakash Kandpal, who was holding the post of Additional District & Sessions Judge. Seeking reinstatement, he approached the apex court by filing a writ petition in 2016. During the pendency of this writ petition, the judge passed away in February, this year. Upon informed about his demise, the Bench of Justice J … [Read more...] about SC Changes ‘Compulsory Retirement Date’ Of Judicial Officer Who Died During Pendency Of Writ Petition Filed By Him [Read Order]